Sorbonne Winter University - Course program
The Sorbonne Winter University is offering mutlidisciplinary courses given by teacher-researchers from the Sorbonne University community. Each course lasts 15 hours per week, 3 hours per day, Monday to Friday.
1 - The classics of French literature
Schedule : from 20 to 24 January 2025, from 9.30am to 12.30pm
Courses taught in French.
This course offers a journey through the major works of French literature, to discover emblematic texts. Each conference focuses on a particular period of French literature, analysing one or two works.
| 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Poetry in the 16th century: the case of Louise Labé | Letters of Madame de Sévigné and Les Désordres de l'amour by Madame de Villedieu | Episolary novels and philosophy in the 18th century : Montesquieu, Lettres persanes; Rousseau, Julie ou La Nouvelle Héloïse | Stendhal, Le Rouge et le noir (1830) ; Flaubert, L'Éducation sentimentale (1869) | Perec, W ou le souvenir d'enfance ; Duras, Un barrage contre le Pacifique |
| Adeline Lionetto, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University | Delphine Amstutz, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University | Jean-Christophe Igalens, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University | Boris Lyon-Caen, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University | Judith Sarfati-Lanter, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University |
The department called « Formation tout au long de la vie (FTLV) » reserves the right to modify the program.
2 - The great currents of philosophy
Schedule : from 20 to 24 January 2025, from 2pm to 5pm
Courses taught in French.
This course provides an insight on a number of philosophical currents that have marked our history.
- The Lumières
Sophie Marchand, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - Stoicism
Juliette Dross, Latin language and literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The overcoming of metaphysics (Heidegger)
Vincent Blanchet, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - Should science only describe the world ? Logical positivism
Cédric Paternotte, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The social dimension of science
Cédric Paternotte, philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The department called « Formation tout au long de la vie (FTLV) » reserves the right to modify the program.
3 - The French revolutions
Schedule : from 20 to 24 January 2025, from 9.30am to 12.30pm
Courses taught in French.
France has seen many revolts, transformations and brutal changes, whether political, industrial or societal. This course will look at some of the upheavals that have profoundly changed the face of France.
- May - June 68, a french revolution
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The French Revolution
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - Paris, capital of Revolutions
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - Female heros and victims of the French Revolution
Nathalie Duval, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - Theatre and the French Revolution
Sophie Marchand, French and comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The department called « Formation tout au long de la vie (FTLV) » reserves the right to modify the program.
4 - Paris and its monuments
Schedule : from 20 to 24 January 2025, from 2pm to 5pm
Courses taught in French.
This course studies Paris, a mythical city, through a few iconic monuments.
- Notre-Dame
Dany Sandron, history of art, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The Comédie-Française
Florence Naugrette, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The Sorbonne
Reynald Abad, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The Halles
Reynald Abad, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - The Eiffel Tower
Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The department called « Formation tout au long de la vie (FTLV) » reserves the right to modify the program.
5 - The Sorbonne in English
Schedule : du 20 au 24 janvier 2025, from 9.30am to 12.30pm
Courses taught in English.
This course offers an overview of some of the disciplines taught at the Sorbonne.
- The Sorbonne
Yann Migoubert, greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - General history of France
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - National Memory: history and culture
Yann Migoubert, greek, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - From stage to screen: George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1912) and George Cukor's My Fair Lady (1964)
Aloysia Rousseau, English language studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University - From the medieval Louvre to the Republican Concorde, a thousand years of history
Jean-François Dunyach, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University
The department called « Formation tout au long de la vie (FTLV) » reserves the right to modify the program.